Running-board saddle.



l. M. COLEMAN.

RUNNING BOARD SADDLE APPucATlxoN FILED MAR. 15, 1915.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

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JAMES M. COLEMAN, 0F MONTREAL. QUEBEC, CANADA.

RUNNING-BOARD SADDLE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

Application led March 15, 1915. Serial No. 14,399.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES M. COLEMAN, a citizen of the Dominion ofCanada, and

resident of the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominionof Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRunning-Board Saddles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to improvements in running board saddlesforlrailway'cars, and the object is to provide a strong and durablesaddle in the form of a single casting, which may be attached to the carroof by a single bolt, and to which the running board may be attachedwith the greatest ease and rapidity either in manufacturing or repairingthe car.

A further object is to provide a saddle to which the running boards maybe attached without the necessity of passing the attachment boltsthrough the car roof.

The device consists essentially of a casting anged at top and bottom,and provided in the upper flanges with bolt holes for the attachment ofthe running boards. rIhe lower flanges are shaped to conform to thecontour of the car roof, and the saddle is secured in position by asingle bolt at the peak of the roof, so that leakage through the bolthole is for all practical purposes eliminated.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention:-Figure 1 is a plan viewof the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is an end elevation.Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates the bottomplate or flange of the saddle, which are shaped to conform to thecontour of the car roof. It will, therefore, be understood that theparticular form of bottom Hange shown in the drawings is applicable toonly one type of roof, and that the invention is not limited to thisparticular form. At the center of the saddle, this bottom flange isprovided with a laterally and downwardly extending portion 6 upwardlycurved at the center 7 to form a tunnel or passage through the casting4at the peak of the roof for the passage of air, so that an accumulationof moisture around the bolt hole which would tend to destroy the roof iseifectually prevented. At the longitudinal center of the bottom plate 5,an upright web 9 is provided carrylng a flat top plate 10 forming theupper flanges. The top and bottom plates and web are connected at theends, and at suitable intervals between by vertical ribs 11. 'The topplate is provided with a plurality of apertures 12 for the passage ofbolts attaching the running boards 13. The saddle is secured to the carroof by means of a single bolt 14, seated in a suitably formed housing16 in the casting. After the bolt has been placed in position, thepassage may be closed with pitch or other waterproof cement, so that anaccumulation of moisture is prevented. The first lateral extension ofthe part 6 is provided with bracing webs 17.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that the saddleis a simple and inexpensive casting, which may be rapidly attached tothe car roof in such a way that leakage is prevented. The running boardsmay be attached to the saddle without the necessity of passing attachingbolts through the car roof, so that the work may be easily performedeither inrbuilding or repairing a car, and rotting or leaking of theroof around bolt holes is eliminated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A saddle for runningboards comprising a single metallic member having a flat hori- Zontaltop plate, vertical end plates and a bottom plate of inverted V shape tocorrespond with the shape of a car roof, a later- D. R. W. ALLEN, G. M.NORELAND.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.-

